Pupil Premium Funding

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit but are held accountable for how the additional funding has supported eligble pupils to catch up with their peers in identified areas of need. Schools are equired to publish online information about how Pupil Premium funding has been allocated. This ensures that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Pupil Premium and the extra support that they receive.

Addressing barriers to academic attainment and progress (support to diminish the difference to other pupils)...1. SEN needs including delayed speech and language skills2. Issues with attendance, lateness or sense of inclusion within school community3. Lack of opportunity for support at home with e.g. reading

Addressing barriers to life chances or opportunities to participate in a broad and balanced curriculum...4. Children may not visit museums etc.5. Children not able to have music lessons, sports coaching or other such opportunities

Examples of how we allocate funding may include, for example:

To provide intervention programmes to ensure that children eligible for Pupil Premium achieve as well as their peers or better

To subsidise the cost of extra-curricular activities including school trips to ensure equality of access so children eligible for Pupil Premium are not disadvantaged

Additional 1:1 support for targeted children and small group interventions

Who is eligible?

Free school meals are available to children of all ages. To qualify, an application needs to be made to the Local Authority showing that you meet one or more of the following requirements:

Income Support

Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

Income related Employment & Support Allowance

Support under Part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999

The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

Child Tax Credit (without Working Tax Credit)

Working Tax Credit Run On

A parent who is a serving member of the armed forces

Whether a child is in primary or secondary education, if they meet the requirements they will receive a daily free school meal and their school will receive additional Pupil Premium funding. An application can be made throughhttps://www.dorsetforyou.com/free-school-meals or come into the school for a paper copy. A leaflet further explaining Pupil Premium can be found here: Pupil Premium Leaflet (v4)

Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)

Up until September 2014 only children who fell into the above category were eligible for free school meals, however Universal Infant Free School Meals was introduced which entitles all children in Key Stage 1 (early years, year 1 and year 2) to receive a free lunch. This does not bring with it an entitlement for Pupil Premium funding and therefore the school will not receive this additional funding.

Should my child be receiving FSM or UIFSM?

Regardless of whether your child receives a free meal under the UIFSM system, if you think you fulfill any of the requirements listed above under Free School Meals heading, then it is very important that you apply. You may do this online at www.dorsetforyou.com or by completing a paper application form which you can get from the school office. If you have queries at all please talk to the school office who will be happy to help.

What is Pupil Premium funding?

It is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England and is used to:

raise the attainment of pupils from low-income families

close the gap between them and their peers

Pupil Premium Funding is received by the school for:

those eligible for FSM (see section 1)

those who are no longer eligible for FSM but who have been eligible in the last 6 years

those who are adopted

those with a special guardianship order

those with a child arrangement order

those with a residence order

Additional Funding for Looked After Children

The DFE have advised us that extra Pupil Premium Funding of £1,900 will be available for children in the following categories:

has been looked after for 1 day or more

has been adopted from care

has left care under:

a special guardianship order

a residence order

a child arrangement order

Guidance from the DFE says that schools can only claim this money where the parent self-declares their child’s status to the school, providing supporting evidence (e.g. an adoption order).

If your child qualifies for this extra funding then please speak to the Head of School in confidence so that we can make the claim and your child can benefit from the additional support we will provide.

Use of Pupil Premium 2017 – 18 – £1,320 per pupil for a full year

There were nine children entitled to Pupil Premium for all, or part of, academic year 2016-17 and the school received £11,880 spent on: